I signed up for a blood drive at my gym.
Whenever my work has had a blood drive, I've donated. It seems only right.
Here's the thing. My blood type is AB+.
Which means? I'm a universal recipient. Yep, that's right folks, I'm one of 3% of the population that can take blood from every single one of you people out there, should I ever be in such a situation as to need it.
But that means I can only donate my blood to fellow AB+ers.
Every time I donate, I envision the lab technician running the stats on my blood, marking it as an AB+, then rolling their eyes and storing it in the rarely-used blood-storage-locker labeled "This Stuff is Practically Useless".
I suppose it's still a good thing, them having my practically-useless blood, because when one of my fellow 3% is in need of a blood transfusion, they can use mine instead of the universal donor, O-, thus saving the coveted O for the other 97% of the population.
But I still feel kind of guilty.
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